Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

These are the results of the men's C-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes. Because there were ten competitors in the event, heats were introduced. Both the heats and final took place on July 28.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Josef Holeček (TCH)	János Parti (HUN)	Olavi Ojanperä (FIN)

Results

Heats

The ten competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jean Molle	France	4:56.1	QF
2	János Parti	Hungary	4:58.5	QF
3	Frank Havens	United States	5:09.3	QF
4	Ingemar Andersson	Sweden	5:11.9	QF
5	George Bossy	Canada	5:25.8

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Josef Holeček	Czechoslovakia	5:06.0	QF
2	Olavi Ojanperä	Finland	5:09.8	QF
3	Ralf Berckhan	Germany	5:17.3	QF
4	Vladimir Kotyrev	Soviet Union	5:21.2	QF
5	Gerald Marchand	Great Britain	5:28.8

Final

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
	Josef Holeček	Czechoslovakia	4:56.3
	János Parti	Hungary	5:03.6
	Olavi Ojanperä	Finland	5:08.5
4	Frank Havens	United States	5:13.7
5	Ingemar Andersson	Sweden	5:15.0
6	Ralf Berckhan	Germany	5:22.8
7	Jean Molle	France	5:24.1
8	Vladimir Kotyrev	Soviet Union	5:24.5

References

• 1952 Summer Olympics official report. p. 633.
• Sports-reference.com 1952 C-1 1000 m results

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